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Lim Kit Siang (Chinese: 林吉祥; pinyin: Lín Jíxiáng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lîm Kiat-siâng; born 20 February 1941) is a retired Malaysian politician. Having held the position for a total of 29 years on three separate occasions, he is the longest-serving leader of the opposition , as well the second longest-serving member of parliament in Malaysia.
Lim Kit Siang: Yusof Rawa: Party BN: DAP: PAS: Leader's seat Kubang Pasu: Tanjong: Tasek Gelugor (lost) Last election 60.54%, 132 seats 19.58%, 9 seats 14.46%, 5 seats
Lim Kit Siang (b.1941) MP for Bandar Malacca: DAP: 30 January 1973 31 July 1974 1 year, 183 days [2] 5. James Wong Kim Min (1922–2011) MP for Miri-Subis: SNAP:
Lim Kit Siang: DAP: 60.20 Seputeh: Teresa Kok Suh Sim: DAP: 62.05 Cheras: Tan Kok Wai: DAP: 62.82 Seating arrangement. This is the seating arrangement as of its last ...
The strategy backfired when Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, BN leaders and the media criticised Lim Kit Siang as a "robot" and "soulless" person. [ 31 ] Following the ousting of Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim in September 1998, DAP co-founded the Barisan Alternatif coalition along with Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party and the newly formed ...
Lim Kit Siang, one of the detainees, similarly argued that the ISA arrests were more directed against UMNO rather than the racial crisis, and that Mahathir allowed the situation to escalate so he could then crack down and consolidate his position against his internal rivals.
Lim is the son of Lim Kit Siang, Leader of the Opposition in the Malaysian House of Representatives from 1973 to 1999 and 2004 to 2008. He is married to Betty Chew Gek Cheng (周玉清), who was former two-term MLA for Kota Laksamana in Malacca.
Police allowed a delegation of 7 people, including PAS's President Abdul Hadi Awang and Nasharuddin Mat Isa, DAP’s Lim Kit Siang and Lim Guan Eng and Keadilan's Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim to enter the palace. After the memorandum was handed over to a palace secretary, most of the rally participants were seen walking back to Masjid Negara.